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UNINA9910451448203321 |
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Ladakhi Histories : Local and Regional Perspectives / / edited by John Bray |
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Leiden; ; Boston : , : BRILL, , 2005 |
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1-280-86856-2 |
9786610868568 |
1-4294-2740-X |
90-474-0809-8 |
1-4337-0526-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (413 p.) |
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Brill's Tibetan Studies Library ; ; 9 |
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Collection of essays |
History |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; JOHN BRAY-Introduction: Locating Ladakhi History; PHILIP DENWOOD-Early Connections between Ladakh/Baltistan and Amdo/Kham; BETTINA ZEISLER-On the Position of Ladakhi and Balti in the Tibetan Language Family; CHRISTIAN LUCZANITS-The Early Buddhist Heritage of Ladakh Reconsidered; ROBERTO VITALI-Some Conjectures on Change and Instability during the One Hundred Years of Darkness in the History of La dwags (1280s-1380s); NEIL HOWARD-Sultan Zain-ul Abidin's Raid into Ladakh; JIGAR MOHAMMED-Mughal Sources on Medieval Ladakh |
PETER SCHWIEGER-Documents on the Early History of He-na-ku, a Petty Chiefdom in LadakhNICOLA GRIST-The History of Islam in Suru; TASHI STOBDAN-Gyajung Nagpo; PETER MARCZELL-Dr. James G. Gerard's Unfulfilled Ambition to Visit Ladakh; PETER MARCZELL-Csoma Korösi's Pseudonym; NEIL HOWARD-The Development of the Boundary between the State of Jammu & Kashmir and British India, and its Representation on Maps of the Lingti Plain; K. WARIKOO-Political Linkages between Ladakh and Eastern Turkestan under the Dogras during the 19th |
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JOHN BRAY-Early Protestant Missionary Engagement with the Himalayan Region and TibetCHRISTIAN HEYDE-The Early History of the Moravian Mission in the Western Himalayas: the Life and Work of Wilhelm and Maria Heyde; A. H. FRANCKE-Schools in Leh. Translated, with an Introduction by Gabriele Reifenberg; POUL PEDERSEN-Prince Peter, Polyandry and Psychoanalysis; JANET RIZVI-Trade and Migrant Labour: Inflow of Resources at the Grassroots; JACQUELINE FEWKES & ABDUL NASIR KHAN-Social Networks and Transnational Trade in early 20th Century Ladakh |
NAWANG TSERING SHAKSPO-The Life and Times of Geshe Ye-shes-don-grupERBERTO LO BUE-Lives and Works of Traditional Buddhist Artists in 20th Century Ladakh. A Preliminary Account; FERNANDA PIRIE-The Impermanence of Power: Village Politics in Ladakh, Tibet and Nepal; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX |
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Ladakh's geographic location between the Himalaya and Karakoram mountains has exposed it to competing political and cultural influences from India, Central Asia and Tibet. This book points to Ladakh's distinct local identity, but argues that its historical development can best be understood in a wider regional perspective. It contains twenty-five research papers from the International Association of Ladakh Studies (IALS), and draws on contributions from historians, art historians, linguists and anthropologists. Their sources include Ladakhi historical documents, comparative linguistic research, visual evidence from temple architecture and inscriptions, Mughal biographies, European travel accounts, government records, trade receipts, and local oral tradition. Taken together, the volume provides a much richer view of Ladakhi history than was previously available, and makes a significant contribution to the study of the wider Himalayan region. |
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UNINA9910797294903321 |
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Abrahams Fred C. |
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Modern Albania : From Dictatorship to Democracy in Europe / / Fred C. Abrahams |
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New York, NY : , : New York University Press, , [2015] |
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©2015 |
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1 online resource (568 p.) |
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Democracy - Albania |
Post-communism - Albania |
Albania Politics and government 1990- |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Map of Albania -- Map of Tirana -- Introduction -- Prologue -- 1. Hoxha’s Heart -- 2. Fences Fall -- 3. The System Shakes -- 4. Student City -- 5. A Democratic Party -- 6. Vote for the Future -- 7. Rebuild the State -- 8. One-Party Town -- 9. The Fall -- 10. Profiteers’ Pact -- 11. Revolt -- 12. A Horrible End -- 13. Democracy 2.0 -- 14. Illegal but Necessary -- 15. A Shot, a Coup -- 16. Argument of Force -- 17. A Formula -- 18. To War -- 19. Busts in Our Heads -- 20. The Doctor Is Back -- 21. Pendulum Swing -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Sources -- Index -- About the Author |
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In the early 1990's, Albania, arguably Europe’s most closed and repressive state, began a startling transition out of forty years of self-imposed Communist isolation. Albanians who were not allowed to practice religion, travel abroad, wear jeans, or read “decadent” Western literature began to devour the outside world. They opened cafés, companies, and newspapers. Previously banned rock music blared in the streets. Modern Albania offers a vivid history of the Albanian Communist regime’s fall and the trials and tribulations that led the country to become the state it is today. The book provides an in-depth look at the Communists' last Politburo meetings and the first student |
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revolts, the fall of the Stalinist regime, the outflows of refugees, the crash of the massive pyramid-loan schemes, the war in neighboring Kosovo, and Albania’s relationship with the United States. Fred Abrahams weaves together personal experience from more than twenty years of work in Albania, interviews with key Albanians and foreigners who played a role in the country’s politics since 1990—including former Politburo members, opposition leaders, intelligence agents, diplomats, and founders of the Kosovo Liberation Army—and a close examination of hundreds of previously secret government records from Albania and the United States. A rich, narratively-driven account, Modern Albania gives readers a front-row seat to the dramatic events of the last battle of Cold War Europe. |
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